'MGNREGS, PMAY-G account for 75% of Rural Development department's budget'

NEW DELHI: Flagship rural employment scheme MGNREGS and housing scheme PMAY-G together account for 75 per cent of the budgetary allocation for the Department of Rural Development, a new report has said.

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In the Union Budget for 2025-26, the Ministry of Rural Development was allocated Rs 1,90,406 crore.

The Department of Rural Development, which implements programmes to provide employment in rural areas, support economic development and ensure livelihood and social security for the poor and vulnerable, was allocated Rs 1,87,755 crore, 8 percent higher than the revised estimates of 2024-25, while the Department of Land Resources was allocated Rs 2,651 crore, 35 percent higher than the revised estimates of 2024-25, the report by thinktank PRS Legislative said.